Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of New York v. Hurst

E. L. Hurst, trading as the Hurst Oil Company, instituted an action against the Seaboard Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New York, on a policy of theft insurance covering an oil truck, for $650, the face of the policy. The case was tried before a jury which rendered a verdict for the full amount in favor of the plaintiff, and judgment was entered thereon.

On the 9th day of December, 1942, the local agent for the defendant insurance company at Norfolk sold to the plaintiff what is commonly called a fire and theft policy on a 1935 Dodge truck, to run for a period of one year. One Raymond…